 A Prayer Realized  |
A Prayer Realized at Khalsa Women Training Camp
SS Gurusher Kaur Khalsa
Sterling, Virginia, USA
I want to share a daydream, and prayer, with you. First I see rugged mountains coming closer as the airplane lands. Next my foot steps down to the cement tarmac at the Albuquerque airport and I am dazzled by the brilliant sunlight. Then I find myself lying down in a green tent, leisurely gazing at cottonwood trees. My daydream switches to the Siri Singh Sahib’s evening lecture. His face fills my vision and I am filled with a meditative tranquility. This is home; sitting at the feet of a spiritual fountain, my spirit rising. I flash to a funny shower house where I brush my teeth over laughter at the stories of struggles that occur every morning and night. I can imagine increased strength in my arms and legs from my walking, swimming, and yoga. Upon looking in the mirror at my face, I see a familiar stranger who is sun-tanned and relaxed.
Can I tell you the miracle? This year my daydream became reality. I am writing these thoughts sitting under the yellow big-top tent at sunrise, strains of a Guru Ram Das shabad still echoing within me. God and Guru granted me my prayer this year: to sit in the cozy sadh sangat under the blue skies of New Mexico and feel my soul emerge. Please join me in my dream that we can all be together again at Khalsa Women’s Training Camp for the summer of 1997.